Previous reports on the bulk double perovskite SCIO [1]}, [2]}, [3]}, [4]} suggested an Ir\(^{5+}\) , Co\(^{3+}\)  configuration, though there is a controversy on the magnetic state of Ir [2]}, [4]}: While the former study reports a nearly quenched Ir total magnetic moment of 0.039 \(\mu _{\rm B}\) , the latter proposes the presence of a small fraction (\(\sim 10~\%\) ) of Ir\(^{6+}\)  (\(s=3/2\) ) to explain a finite Ir magnetic moment. Recently, thin films of SCIO were grown on different substrates using metalorganic aerosol deposition (MAD) [3]}. Polarization-dependent x-ray absorption (XAS) measurements point towards strain dependent changes in the orbital configuration and magnetocrystalline anisotropy. This goes hand in hand with a sign change of the magnetoresistance at low temperatures that could be explained by a quantitative model including anisotropic magnetoresistance and weak antilocalization effects.
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